Windows 7

Glenn · Jan 13, 2009, 20:18:30

http://xkcd.com/528/

Sebby · Jan 13, 2009, 20:34:41

Steve · Jan 13, 2009, 21:18:01

There's a few good ones there

Rik · Jan 14, 2009, 10:18:50

Heartfelt, Glenn.

Glenn · Jan 14, 2009, 10:33:10

I have just installed Win 7 to a D630 laptop with no problems whatsoever, I did swap the HDU out first though

Rik · Jan 14, 2009, 10:36:00

Let us know what you think.

Sebby · Jan 14, 2009, 13:18:55

Quote from: Glenn on Jan 14, 2009, 10:33:10
I have just installed Win 7 to a D630 laptop with no problems whatsoever, I did swap the HDU out first though

What are your first impressions? I'm quite liking it.

Glenn · Jan 14, 2009, 13:41:36

It's an improved version of Vista by the looks of things, IE8 has a few problems displaying some websites but so far I would give it

Glenn · Jan 14, 2009, 16:45:02

With Firefox, it feels more responsive than IE8. Docking the laptop into the port replicator, and switching on my Canon MP610 printer, Win7 loaded the driver straight away, Vista need the drivers loading from CD, so it looks like there are several drivers available

Rik · Jan 14, 2009, 17:05:41

Which is what MS did with XP, of course, Glenn, having had problems with manufacturers not providing drivers for Me.

Steve · Jan 14, 2009, 17:22:46

That was one of the major issues with Vista on release, lack of drivers. Does 7 use Vista drivers as they're closely related? if so there should be few hardware issues now

Rik · Jan 14, 2009, 17:24:04

MS showing the same ability to learn from history as our politicians, Steve.

Glenn · Jan 14, 2009, 17:29:28

Quote from: stevethegas on Jan 14, 2009, 17:22:46
That was one of the major issues with Vista on release, lack of drivers. Does 7 use Vista drivers as they're closely related? if so there should be few hardware issues now

Seems to use Vista drivers, I hae just added it to WHS to see if it will back it up, which it seems to be doing so far.

Steve · Jan 14, 2009, 17:32:04

I love this public beta idea, we identify all the bugs for them and then charge us over £100 for the licensed version.

Seems to be ok on WHS I've heard, I wonder how many common clusters?

Sebby · Jan 14, 2009, 20:18:10

Quote from: Glenn on Jan 14, 2009, 13:41:36
It's an improved version of Vista by the looks of things, IE8 has a few problems displaying some websites but so far I would give it

Yeah, IE8 is not great, but then I wasn't expecting much. Firefox works much better.

Myst · Jan 15, 2009, 12:42:41

IE8 = IE Porn (allegedly)

Danni · Jan 18, 2009, 16:22:03

I'm burning the disk now. I've not used a Windows system properly for a couple of years, so will be looking at it from a Linux user's perspective

Sebby · Jan 18, 2009, 17:08:48

I'll be very interested to hear what you think, Danni.

Danni · Jan 20, 2009, 11:27:01

Short answer is: I quite like it. It's not as annoying as Vista, and it's actually a little faster than my Linux installation (though that may be because my Linux installation is running a web server and a ton of other stuff all at once).

It's not worth paying for, but if I could get it for free (legally) or it came with a computer I bought, I'd use it. I'd still have Linux on another computer though- there's not enough I can control on here.

Sebby · Jan 20, 2009, 18:53:44

I've got to say, I'm really liking it. I find myself using Windows 7 over XP now...

mrapoc · Jan 20, 2009, 21:43:43

How is windows 7 at running games?

I would switch to the beta now but only if games werent affected

drummer · Jan 20, 2009, 22:18:53

Swapped out the XP HDD for a spare blank, shoved in the Win7 DVD and rebooted. It couldn't (wouldn't) install because it detected (rightly) the drive was a bit iffy.

Quite impressed really as neither XP nor Vista in the past noticed the drive was borked, but both happily installed. Methinks it's off to the computer fair at the weekend because I can't find a 40Gb PATA HDD online.

It's a bit bonkers really because my first HDD was over £1 per megabyte, now I baulk at spending more than 50p per gigabyte.

Sebby · Jan 20, 2009, 22:26:54

It really highlights how cheap technology has got.

Rik · Jan 21, 2009, 09:55:51

I bought my first HD in 1984. It was 10MB (that's not a typo!) and cost £300...

Ray · Jan 21, 2009, 12:04:28

Quote from: Rik on Jan 21, 2009, 09:55:51
I bought my first HD in 1984. It was 10MB (that's not a typo!) and cost £300...

Amazing isn't it, Rik, the first one I bought was a 340Mb and cost me about £230, ordered a 1TB one for my Server yesterday £75.